TV ratings: Fox hits home run in the demo with MLB All-Star Game

With the World Cup at home in Germany for the next four years, U.S. TV viewers turned their attention to the national pastime last week. The MLB All-Star Game was the highest-ranked primetime broadcast program of the week with a 3.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 11.3 million total viewers, and the Home Run Derby was the most watched show on cable with 5.4 million viewers.

The American League’s 5-3 victory helped make Fox the number-one broadcast network of the week in the demo with a 1.4 rating average among adults, reported TVbytheNumbers. Univision was runner-up with a 1.2, followed by CBS and NBC with a 1.1, ABC with a 0.9, and the CW with a 0.2.

The Eye topped total viewership, however, with 5.4 million average viewers, followed by Fox and NBC with 4.5 million, ABC with 4.1 million, Univision with 3.0 million, and the CW with 660,000.

Here are the top 10 primetime broadcast shows for the week ended July 20, 2014, in the 18-49 demographic according to Nielsen TV Ratings, as reported by TVbytheNumbers:

“MLB All-Star Game” (Fox): 3.2 rating/4.0 million

“Big Brother” Sunday (CBS): 2.2 rating/2.8 million

“Big Brother” Thursday (CBS): 2.2 rating/2.7 million

“Big Brother” Wednesday (CBS): 2.1 rating/2.6 million

“America’s Got Talent” Tuesday (NBC): 2.0 rating/2.5 million

“Under the Dome” (CBS): 1.9 rating/2.4 million

“MasterChef” (Fox): 1.8 rating/2.3 million

“The Bachelorette” (ABC): 1.7 rating/2.2 million

“24: Live Another Day” (Fox): 1.7 rating/2.2 million

“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC): 1.7 rating/2.1 million

Here are the top 10 primetime broadcast shows for the week ended July 20, 2014, in total viewership according to Nielsen TV Ratings:

“MLB All-Star Game” (Fox): 11.3 million

“America’s Got Talent” Tuesday (NBC): 8.5 million

“Extant” (CBS): 7.9 million

“NCIS” repeat (CBS): 8.0 million

“60 Minutes” (CBS): 7.9 million

“Under the Dome” (CBS): 7.6 million

“The Big Bang Theory” repeat (CBS): 7.1 million

“The Bachelorette” (ABC): 6.9 million

“24: Live Another Day” (Fox): 6.5 million

“Unforgettable” (CBS): 6.4 million

And here are the top 10 cable shows for the week ended July 20, 2014, in viewership according to Nielsen TV Ratings, as reported by TVbytheNumbers: